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CONTACT

MEDIA/PRESS

Emily Petterson, EKP Media
emily@ekpmedia.com
503-550-8161

SEASONAL UPDATES AND STORY IDEAS

What's New | Spring 2023

What's New | Summer 2021

What's New | Spring 2021

What’s New | Spring 2020

What’s New | Fall 2019

What’s New | Spring 2019

WILLAMETTE VALLEY IN THE NEWS

Recent Press Highlights

Wines and Wineries of the Year

PRESS RELEASES

Willamette Valley AVA Celebrates 40 Years
December 2023

Oregon Welcomes its 23rd American Viticultural Area (AVA)
July 2022

What's New in the Willamette Valley
Summer 2022

Top Lot Goes for $14,000 at the First-Ever Willamette Valley Collectors' Auction
March 2022

Bidding is Now Open for the Willamette Valley Collectors' Auction
March 2022

Announcing the First-Ever Willamette Valley Collectors' Auction
March 2022

What's New in the Willamette Valley
Spring 2022

What's New in the Willamette Valley
Winter 2021–2022

Oregon Welcomes Its 22nd American Viticultural Area (AVA)
December 2021

Eugenia Keegan Takes Top Honors from Wine Enthusiast’s Star Awards
November 2021

Willamette Wineries Give Back This Holiday Season
October 2021

Willamette Wineries Team Up With Habitat For Humanity To Help House A Local Family In Need
October 2021

What's New in the Willamette Valley
Fall 2021

Back on the Auction Block! Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction raised more than $700,000 at the sixth annual trade auction on August 5
August 2021

Willamette: the Pinot Noir Auction Preview Week July 26-30 offers registered trade bidders tastes of one-of-a-kind Willamette wines before live Auction on Aug. 5
July 2021

Willamette Valley Gains Global Protection of its Name
July 2021

Sixth annual Willamette: the Pinot Noir Auction to feature 92 one-of-a-kind wines from the 2019
vintage with record-breaking winery participation
June 2021

Global Wine Regions to Host Second Annual "Wine On Earth Taste-A-Thon" June 17
June 2021

What's New in the Willamette Valley
Summer 2021

May in Wine Country Welcomes Tasters to the Valley
April 2021

What's New in the Willamette Valley
Spring 2021

Wine Country Greets Holiday Stretch with Pair of Promotions
October 2020

Tualatin Hills and Laurelwood District AVAs Announced
June 2020

Willamette Valley Tasting Rooms Prepare to Reopen
May 2020

Tualatin Hills and Laurelwood District AVAs Announced
June 2020

Willamette Valley Tasting Rooms Prepare to Reopen
May 2020

Wine Country Thanksgiving 
November 2019

Domaine Drouhin Oregon’s David Millman to Chair the Fifth-Annual Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction on April 4, 2020
September 2019

Strong Demand for Oregon Wine Confirmed by Newest Industry Report
September 2019 (From Oregon Wine Board)

Memorial Weekend in Wine Country 
May 2019

Fourth Annual Willamette: The Pinot Noir Auction Announcement
April 2019

Van Duzer Corridor AVA Approved
January 2019

Cellar Season in Wine Country
January 2019

Wine Country Thanksgiving
October 2018

PR Statement on Current Legislative Initiatives
September 2018

Wine Country Thanksgiving
October 2017

Willamette Valley Embraces Harvest
September 2017

WVWA & OPC Join Forces
September 2017

RESOURCES

Press Kit

The History

The Place

Sustainability

AVAs

Facts & Figures

Economic Impact

Willamette Valley Wineries Association

Contacts

University of Oregon Vineyard & Winery Report 2019

Vintage Reports by Gregory Jones, Linfield College